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Russian Catholic urges nation’s bishops to speak out on massive arrests Protesters raise their fists during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow Jan. 31, 2021. (CNS photo/Maxim Shemetov, Reuters) By Jonathan Luxmoore • Catholic News Service • Posted February 5, 2021 WARSAW, Poland (CNS) A prominent Russian Catholic urged his nation’s bishops to condemn the mass arrest and beating of protesters, but the Moscow archdiocesan chancellor said the church could not comment on “political matters.” Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was jailed Feb. 2 for three-and-a-half years for violating probation while receiving treatment abroad for a near-fatal August nerve agent attack, widely blamed on state security agents. At least 1,400 demonstrators were detained Feb. 2, mostly in Moscow, by armored police using batons and tasers, bringing to more than 10,000 the number arrested in two weeks of protests.

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